Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 424
Zenith
Pocket watch; 14K pink gold
HKD 4,200 - 8,400
CHF 500 - 1,000 / EUR 500 - 950 / USD 550 - 1,100
Sold: HKD 5,500
14K pink gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back polished, with, in the centre, engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) the cypher “C M”; gilded metal cuvette (dome).
Gilded colour metallic dial, with suspended Arabic numerals; blued steel “Lozenge” hands.
Movement 17’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail.
Case-back polished, with, in the centre, engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) the cypher “C M”; gilded metal cuvette (dome).
Gilded colour metallic dial, with suspended Arabic numerals; blued steel “Lozenge” hands.
Movement 17’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-6-8 |
Good Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Zenith, Le Locle
Year circa 1926
Movement No. 2 715 324
Case No. 274 994 (by Henri Jeanneret, Peseux)
Material 14K pink gold
Diameter 47.3 mm.
Caliber 17’’’, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 74 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories copies of the invention patents
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 27 541, delivered on January 19, 1903, to Hermann Roost, Saint-Imier, for a “Raquetterie pour montre” (Watch index-regulator).
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Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 30 751, delivered on May 19, 1904, to Georges Favre-Jacot, Le Locle for a “Mécanisme de remontage et de mise à l’heure” (Winding and setting mechanism).
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Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 30 751, delivered on May 19, 1904, to Georges Favre-Jacot, Le Locle for a “Mécanisme de remontage et de mise à l’heure” (Winding and setting mechanism).
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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